On Monday, March 28th, the CPPA Diversity & Social Justice Committee hosted a special panel discussion on integrating social justice work into careers in public policy and administration. The event started at noon and took place in Thompson 620.
The panel members represented a variety of interests in both the nonprofit and public sectors. Among them were the following:
- Emily Mew, CPPA alumna ’09, Program and Development Coordinator, Hogar Luceros del Amanecer, The Sunrise Foundation, Camoapa, Nicaragua. Ms. Mew has experience applying CPPA training in community-based nonprofit international work. Her current organization focuses on working with disadvantaged children.
- Laura Valdiviezo, Ed.D, Assistant Professor, School of Education, UMass. Professor Valdiviezo conducts work on reforming schools as loci of change for social justice, especially through multicultural education and diversity, and the political role of educators in informing policy making.
- Jen Berman, Executive Director, Maverick Lloyd Foundation. Ms. Berman has seventeen years experience in social change and public policy advocacy work. She currently leads an organization in collaborative efforts for policy change in renewable energy and death penalty abolition.
This panel was designed to assist all UMass students thinking about careers related to social justice work, and was especially relevant for first-year students enrolled in this year’s Professional Development Seminar, led by Satu Zoller and Rachel Trafford ’11.
This was a brown bag lunch event and was open to the public.